Heater for curling irons



Nov. 2 1926.

F. J. DANKERS ET AL HEATER FOR GURLING IRONS Filed Jan. 16, 1926 gwmmtozs III Fa nil era .IZSmiZk Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

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FRED J. BANKERS AND ARTHUR M. SMITH, OF MADISON, NEBRASKA.

HEATER FOR GURLING IRONS.

Application filed January 16,1926. Serial No. 81,797.

This invention relates to heating appli ances and particularly to appliances for heating curling irons.

The general ob ect of our invention 1s to 5 provide a very simple, cheaply made and effective heater of this kind which will use an alcohol flame and'which will burn even when only a small amount of alcohol is contained within the heater.

Our invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective View of a heating appliance constructed in accordance with our invention; and

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

Referring to these drawings it will be seen that the device includes a base plate or supporting plate 10 of sheet metal, one end of which is bent upward as at 11, and then inwardly flanged as at 12. The other end of the sheet 10 is extended upward as at 13 and then outwardly flanged as at 1 1, and has a downwardly bent margin 15. Supported upon, and soldered or otherwise connected to these end portions 11 and 13 is a tubular reservoir 16 made of relatively heavy pipe and having a. filling opening 17. This reservoir is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 19, and disposed within this slot is a burner 20. This burner is composed of a wick 21, held by the folded sheet 22 of perforated metal. This wick or burner formed by the casing of perforated sheet metal with an inner layer of wicking, may

be inserted as a whole through the slot 19 or removed therefrom when the wick is burned out. lVhen the burner is fully inserted the wick 21 will be approximately- 011 a level with or slightly below the level of the flanges 12 and 1 1 so that a curling iron or like implement may be rested upon these flanges and thus held in proper position to be heated by the wick. A plug or stopper 23 normally closes the opening 17. This device is simple and cheap to construct and at the same time the base 10 is so broad and flat and the reservoir so relatively heavy that the device cannot be readily knocked over, an accident which often happens where alcohol lamps and like curling iron while the flange 14; supports the handle of the curling iron and is turned away from the wick so that the handle will not become overheated or burn, while the flange 12 is turned inward so that the extremity of the curling iron may receive the full effect of the flame.

1. A heater for curling irons comprising a reservoir having a wick and a base there for, consisting of a sheet of metal bent to form two upwardly extending flanges engaged with the ends of the reservoir and supporting the same, said flanges being angularly bent at the upper edges to form supporting means for the iron.

2. A heater for curling irons comprising a base formed of a flat and relatively wide sheet of metal bent upward at its opposite ends, and the upper margins of said upwardly extending ends being angularly bent to form flanges, a hollow cylindrical reservoir having its ends engaged with the ends of the base and having a filling aperture and a longitudinally extending slot, and a wick disposed within said slot.

3. A heater for curling irons comprising a base formed of a flat and relatively wide sheet of metal bent upward at its opposite ends. and the upper margins of said upwardly extending ends being angularly'bent to form flanges a hollow cylindrical reservoir having its ends engaged with the ends of the base and havinga filling aperture and a longitudinally extending slot, and a wick disposed with n said slot. the wick being formed of 'a layer of wicking, and a casing of thin perforated metal.

In testimony whereof we hereunto our signatures.

FRED J. BANKERS. ARTHUR M. SMITH. 

